Russian President Vladimir Putin to visit India on Dec 10-11

New Delhi, Dec 5: Russian President Vladimir Putin will visit India Dec 10-11 for the annual bilateral summit, an official statement said on Friday.

"The President of the Russian Federation, Vladimir V. Putin, will pay an official visit to India on 10-11 Dec, 2014, for the 15th Annual India-Russia Summit," said the statement. [India-Russia ties may get new sparkle]

Putin is also expected to address joint session of Parliament. The Russian president will be meeting PM Narendra Modi on Dec 11 for the 15th India-Russia Annual Summit.

A number of agreements are also likely to be signed between the two nations during the 15th India-Russia Summit.

Over the past six months, Prime Minister Narendra Modi and Putin have met twice - at the BRICS summit in Brazil in July and at the G20 summit in Australia in November.